The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-and sympathy for the man without experience felt that it was for +<WRAP justify> 
-the best interest of the county to elect the experienced man.+and sympathy for the man without experience felt that it was for the best interest of the county to elect the experienced man.
  
-Our friend went into this political contest without proper use +Our friend went into this political contest without proper use of his faculty of discrimination, and bolstered up by a few professional politicians he allowed his hopes to soar so high that when defeat came it was such a terrible blow that he was cast into a state of shame and despondency.
-of his faculty of discrimination, and bolstered up by a few professional politicians he allowed his hopes to soar so high that +
-when defeat came it was such a terrible blow that he was cast +
-into a state of shame and despondency.+
  
-He could hardly be induced to go to town and soon afterward +He could hardly be induced to go to town and soon afterward moved to another state. But in moving he kept his great disappointment and nursed it continually. He soon manifested Asthma and finally one operation followed another, until I believe up to this time he has had seven operations in the region of the Sinus. After each one he told me, “This time it will surely cure me.” It would be useless to tell him what is the cause of all his trouble.
-moved to another state. But in moving he kept his great disappointment and nursed it continually. He soon manifested +
-Asthma and finally one operation followed another, until I believe up to this time he has had seven operations in the region of +
-the Sinus. After each one he told me, “This time it will surely +
-cure me.” It would be useless to tell him what is the cause of all +
-his trouble.+
  
-Just recently he took on a proposition that shows his way of +Just recently he took on a proposition that shows his way of thinking. He had accumulated some money. One of his boys heard of an abandoned gold mine that could be leased on easy terms. However it will take considerable money to re-equip it. I asked him if he had consulted a mining engineer about the possibilities of this particular mine. He said, “No, that is not necessary; my son has looked into it carefully.” As a matter of fact his son could not successfully manage a pop-corn stand.
-thinking. He had accumulated some money. One of his boys +
-heard of an abandoned gold mine that could be leased on easy +
-terms. However it will take considerable money to re-equip it. +
-I asked him if he had consulted a mining engineer about the +
-possibilities of this particular mine. He said, “No, that is not +
-necessary; my son has looked into it carefully.” As a matter of +
-fact his son could not successfully manage a pop-corn stand.+
  
-So all throughout his life this man has been reaching for +So all throughout his life this man has been reaching for fanciful and fictitious goals and then living in a mental realm of unreasonable hopes, most of them with no chance of attainment, then letting himself sink into the depths of despair when he realized his mistake. But the sad part of it all is he seems to learn no lesson. He always blames the other fellow for his own lack of discrimination and poor judgment.
-fanciful and fictitious goals and then living in a mental realm of +
-unreasonable hopes, most of them with no chance of attainment, +
-then letting himself sink into the depths of despair when he +
-realized his mistake. But the sad part of it all is he seems to +
-learn no lesson. He always blames the other fellow for his own +
-lack of discrimination and poor judgment.+
  
-A FEW years after the father began to manifest this Sinus +A FEW years after the father began to manifest this Sinus Trouble one of his sons developed a similar condition. Many people remarked to me “This proves that that disease is hereditary.” I only smiled, for argument in a case of this kind is useless. The facts are as follows:
-Trouble one of his sons developed a similar condition. Many +
-people remarked to me “This proves that that disease is hereditary.” I only smiled, for argument in a case of this kind is useless. The facts are as follows:+
  
-This young man, like his father, was a good farmer. He had +This young man, like his father, was a good farmer. He had saved about $3000.00. He knew nothing about business. Together 
-saved about $3000.00. He knew nothing about business. Together+</WRAP>
  
  
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